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<h2>County Health Resources</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Medical facilities and doctors in a sample of counties.
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 53 observations on the following 4 variables.
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<dl>
<dt><code>County</code></dt><dd><p>County name, state</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>MDs</code></dt><dd><p>Number of medical doctors</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Hospitals</code></dt><dd><p>Number of community hospitals</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>Beds</code></dt><dd><p>Number of beds in the hospitals</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>Data compiled from information provided by the American Medical Association on the availability of health care in counties in the United States. A random sample of 53 counties  was chosen from among counties with at least two community hospitals.
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Physicians&ndash;American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S., annual (copyright), accessed May 17, 2006. Community hospitals&ndash;Health Forum LLC, an American Hospital Association (AHA) Company, Chicago, IL, Hospital Statistics, and unpublished data (copyright), e-mail accessed May 4, 2006 (related Internet site http://www.healthforum.com).
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<p>Other web sources: <br />
http://www.ama-assn.org/
http://www.healthforum.com/healthforum/html/data_statistics/data_statistics.html
http://www.cms.hhs.gov http://www.ssa.gov
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